GOP “Death List” Predicts Democratic Blowout in the House

Voter displeasure with the war and economy, coupled with Sen. Barack Obama’s popularity, has the House GOP running for cover. Even though polls have shown that Americans don’t like congressional Democrats any more, a new internal GOP tally of House races suggests a Democratic route that could keep the Republicans in the minority for decades. [...]

New Gang of 14 won’t back McCain

At least 14 Republican members of Congress have refused to endorse or publicly support Sen. John McCain for president, and more than a dozen others declined to answer whether they back the Arizona senator. Many of the recalcitrant GOP members declined to detail their reasons for withholding support, but Rep. John Peterson (R-Pa.) expressed major [...]

Democrats Bow to Bush’s Demands in House Spending Bill

Billions Trimmed From New Requests
House Democratic leaders yesterday agreed to meet President Bush’s bottom-line spending limit on a sprawling, half-trillion-dollar domestic spending bill, dropping their demands for as much as $22 billion in additional spending but vowing to shift funds from the president’s priorities to theirs.
The final legislation, still under negotiation, will be shorn of [...]

House passes energy bill but Bush set to veto

The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed an energy bill that would boost vehicle fuel economy requirements by 40 percent by 2020, raise ethanol use by five-fold by 2022 and impose $13 billion in new taxes on big energy companies.
The centerpiece of the 1,055-page Energy Independence and Security Act is an increase in the [...]

Suddenly, impeachment hearings are looking like a strong possibility

Kucinich, by bringing his Cheney impeachment resolution to a floor vote in the House, has shaken up the politics of impeachment, and looks like it may end up putting Cheney in the dock.
You wouldn’t know it if you just watch TV news or read the corporate press, but this past Tuesday, something remarkable happened. Despite [...]

Bolten, Miers in Dems’ criminal contempt crosshairs

House Democratic leaders have begun privately surveying their members to determine their support for a criminal contempt resolution against White House Chief of Staff Joshua Bolten and former White House Counsel Harriet Miers for shunning congressional subpoenas in the U.S. attorney investigation.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.) said the contempt motion could be [...]

In Congress: Spies, lies and FISA

As Democratic lawmakers try to repair a deeply flawed bill on electronic eavesdropping, the White House is pumping out the same fog of fear and disinformation it used to push the bill through Congress this summer. President Bush has been telling Americans that any change would deny the government critical information, make it easier for [...]

McConnell has Taxpayer Subsidized Health Care

Opposes expanding taxpayer subsidized care, which he has…
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has warned about the slippery slope leading to “government-run health care for everyone” while rallying his colleagues against expansion of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program, or SCHIP.But as a U.S. senator, McConnell gets government-run, taxpayer-subsidized insurance through the Federal Employee Health [...]

Tsongas Sworn In As Newest House Member

Democrat Happy To Be Sworn In By Pelosi
BOSTON — Democrat Niki Tsongas on Thursday was sworn in to the House seat her late husband Paul Tsongas held in the 1970s, becoming the first woman to represent Massachusetts in nearly 25 years.
Tsongas, flanked by other members of the state’s Congressional delegation, was sworn in on the [...]

12 House Republicans Quitting!

Ohio Republican David Hobson announces retirement from House
Rep. David Hobson, a nine-term Republican from Springfield, announced plans to retire Sunday, the 12th member of his party to do so since the beginning of the year.
“I wanted to go out on top,” said Hobson, who said his health is good. He would have faced token [...]